orographic effect - occurs when air masses are forced to flow over high topography resulting in rain to be concentrated on the windward side of mountains, and for rainfall to increase with elevation , title - on a map, the title conveys the subject and area covered, orientation - on a map, conveys the map’s cardinal direction on a compass rose, date - conveys when the map was made and/or to what period in history the map corresponds, author - the person responsible for creating the map, legend - the section of the map that explains all symbols and color representations used, source - on a map, indicates where the author got the information. Sometimes the author and the source are the same, index - a listing of locations (usually alphabetical) for specific items found on the map, grid - a specific pattern used to measure absolute location, scale - conveys the distance between points on a map, push-pull factors - push factors are those that encourage a population to leave its home, pull factors are those that draw a population to another area or place, equinox - one of two days (about March 21 and September 23) on which the sun is directly above the Equator,

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